Press releases and statements

(Kyiv, 23 August 2014) UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos visited areas of eastern Ukraine to see for herself the impact of the continued fighting on millions of people. Since March this year, around...

La première moitié de l’année 2014 a enregistré des vagues d’attaques et d’assassinats de travailleurs humanitaires à travers le monde. Cependant l’année 2013 détient le nouveau record de violence...

Khartoum, Sudan | 21 August 2014, The Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund has allocated US $400,000 to the Danish Refugee Council to address food insecurity affecting some 15,000 people in the Jebel Marra...

Bangui (Centrafrique), 21 août 2014: La Coordonnatrice humanitaire principale en République Centrafricaine (RCA), Claire Bourgeois, condamne fermement le décès par balle d’un volontaire de la...

By Mark Cutts | Tuesday, 19 August 2014 This week we celebrated World Humanitarian Day on August 19. This is the day the United Nations, the Red Cross Movement and other humanitarian organisations...

By James W. Rawley, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Published at Al-Quds newspaper in Arabic on 19 August Today marks World Humanitarian Day, an annual occasion dedicated by the United...

A $20 million boost from the UN’s Central Emergency Fund (CERF) will go a long way in providing life-saving aid in Somalia, but it won’t be enough to halt a deepening crisis, aid agencies warn.

La première moitié de l’année 2014 a enregistré des vagues d’attaques et d’assassinats de travailleurs humanitaires, notamment dans la bande de Gaza et au Soudan du Sud. 2013 détient le nouveau...

The year 2014 saw waves of attacks and killings against humanitarian workers including in Gaza and South Sudan; 2013 set a new record for violence against aid groups with attacks on 460 aid workers,...

Mogadishu, 12 August 2014: “The theme of this year’s “International Youth Day” is “Youth and mental health”. There are only few countries in which mental health is as important a topic as in Somalia...